{"id":42225,"date":"2020-03-07T14:24:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T18:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=42225"},"modified":"2020-03-07T14:24:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T18:24:34","slug":"radio-red-zone-a-coronavirus-station-in-quarantined-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/radio-red-zone-a-coronavirus-station-in-quarantined-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Red Zone: A Coronavirus station in quarantined Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Aljazeera<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Radio Red Zone broadcasts from a town under quarantine and brings listeners useful health advice and sense of community.<\/p>\n

Codogno, Italy – As the coronavirus grips Italy and stringent measures are taken to slow the spread of the infection, a local radio station is providing citizens with a sense of normality amid a quarantine.<\/p>\n

The station broadcasts from Codogno, a town now known as the “Wuhan of Italy” under lockdown. Trains do not stop there, and the streets are empty.<\/p>\n

“Good morning, Codogno!” says 82-year-old presenter Pino Pagani, starting his live broadcast from inside Lombardy’s red-zone area, where about 50,000 people have been under quarantine for almost two weeks.<\/p>\n

Pagani then reads an inspirational message sent in from listener Diego Lazzanoni, an Italian living in Castiglione d’Adda town:<\/p>\n

“We are here in our homes to fight with our childhood friends and families. Although we are on our knees right now, I feel the silent vicinity of my town. Even if the streets are empty, and no sound is to be heard, I know that when this nightmare is over, we will be partying as we alone know how. We don’t and won’t give up.”[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full article.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Aljazeera) Radio Red Zone broadcasts from a town under quarantine and brings listeners useful health advice and sense of community. Codogno, Italy – As the coronavirus grips Italy and stringent measures are taken to slow the spread of the infection, a local radio station is providing citizens with a sense of normality amid a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3781,3],"tags":[6876,8312,1384,8347],"class_list":["post-42225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fm","category-news","tag-aljazeera","tag-coronavirus","tag-fm-radio","tag-italy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aZ3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42983,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/radio-waves-zombie-sats-radio-provides-undemanding-friendship-boom-in-new-stations-and-one-retailers-ham-radio-connection\/","url_meta":{"origin":42225,"position":0},"title":"Radio Waves: Zombie Sats, Radio Provides Undemanding Friendship, Boom in New Stations, and One Retailer’s Ham Radio Connection","author":"Thomas","date":"April 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0readers.\u00a0 To that end:\u00a0Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Philco-Transitone-Radio-Dial.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Philco-Transitone-Radio-Dial.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Philco-Transitone-Radio-Dial.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Philco-Transitone-Radio-Dial.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31104,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/the-importance-of-community-radio-in-guatemala\/","url_meta":{"origin":42225,"position":1},"title":"The importance of community radio in Guatemala","author":"Thomas","date":"March 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Aljazeera via Mike Hansgen) Despite the legal challenges, Indigenous communities use radio to 'keep their language and culture alive'. 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